Boards

As said in the title I'm looking for a beginner synth, that is below the £200 mark. I have been looking at things such as the Korg Monotribe, and I was wondering if people with experience in this field could give me any help.

Don't get the Korg monotribe, that would be a tremendous waste of money.
It doesn't even have a proper keyboard.

Buy a Novation Xiosynth. Best value for money synth ever.
Far better layout than the popular Microkorg, bigger keys, usb & midi output and an XY pad.
Pretty much everything you want from your first synth.

if you're getting started with this sort of thing then playing around with softsynths is a MUCH better option financially, creatively and in terms of learning what kind of hardware synth would be best when you do get one.

I have no idea what you want to sound like and what you want to achieve.
Personally. Go to KVR and look at the various DAW set ups. Or check out I think Future Music for £6 gives away a free DAW and vsts each month. Then you just need to settle on your controllers/keyboard
You want one preferably with counterweighted full-size keys, a full size keyboard if you have the space, sliders and knobs that can be mapped to the software.